Biology:Mesopodagrion
Mesopodagrion is a genus of damselflies found in southern China and mainland Southeast Asia. It is the only genus in the family Mesopodagrionidae, a family established in 2021 following molecular studies that showed the genus to be distinct from the traditional family Megapodagrionidae.[1][2]
Species of Mesopodagrion are medium-sized, dark-coloured damselflies with clear wings, swollen postocular lobes, and a characteristic pattern of pale markings on the head, thorax and abdomen.[1] The aquatic nymphs are notable for their large, fan-shaped gills.[1]
The genus was described by McLachlan in 1896, who placed it in Selys' legion Podagrion.[3] Later classifications included it within Megapodagrionidae, but phylogenomic studies led to the recognition of Mesopodagrionidae as a separate family.[1][4]
Taxonomic history
Mesopodagrion was described by McLachlan in 1896 and placed in the legion Podagrion, a grouping established by Selys for damselflies now known to belong to several distinct families.[3] Later classifications included the genus in Megapodagrionidae, where it remained for more than a century.[5][6] Molecular studies subsequently showed that the broad concept of Megapodagrionidae contained several unrelated lineages.[4] As a result, Kalkman and Abbott established the monotypic family Mesopodagrionidae in 2021 to accommodate the genus Mesopodagrion.[1]
Species
The following species are currently placed in Mesopodagrion:[2]
- Mesopodagrion tibetanum McLachlan, 1896
- Mesopodagrion yachowensis Chao, 1953
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bybee, Seth M.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Erickson, Robert J.; Frandsen, Paul B.; Breinholt, Jesse W.; Suvorov, Anton; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Cordero-Rivera, Adolfo et al. (2021). "Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics" (in en). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 1–15 [10]. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115. PMID 33609713. Bibcode: 2021MolPE.16007115B. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790321000488.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 McLachlan, Robert (1896). "On Odonata from the province Sichuan, in western China, and Moupin in Eastern Thibet". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 17: 364–374 [372]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18662271.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; Van Tol, Jan (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12035.
- ↑ Tillyard, R.J. (1917). The biology of dragonflies (Odonata or Paraneuroptera). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 396 [278]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.35170. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24948177.
- ↑ Bridges, Charles A. (1994). Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world (3rd ed.). Urbana, Illinois: Charles A. Bridges. p. II.1. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.15291. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15106020.
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